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[Draft of a letter to the honorary secretary of anti-vivisection, dated 20 July]

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fact with the [text excised]

& with if the native Malays of the [text excised]

Many Some of the people go nearly naked & he gives me particularly attended to valuable information about the downward extension of the blush. on the body, for which it may be inferred that they blush much more extensively than clothed European & we shall presently see omitting the cases in which the face alone was seen to blush, Mr Geach observed that the face, arm breast breast of a Chinaman, 24 years old, redd from reddened from shame, & in another Chinese the whole body was thus affected, when he was asked why he had not done his work in better style. In two Malays*() (11) Mr Geach he saw the face, neck, breast & arm, all blushing, & in a third man malay (a Bugis) he saw a blush cover this in the face, neck, arms, & body down to the waist.*) (11)

[Expression, p. 317: "Mr. Swinhoe has seen the Chinese blushing, but he thinks it is rare; yet they have the expression "to redden with shame." Mr. Geach informs me that the Chinese settled in Malacca and the native Malays of the interior both blush. Some of these people go nearly naked, and he particularly attended to the downward extension of the blush. Omitting the cases in which the face alone was seen to blush, Mr. Geach observed that the face, arms, and breast of a Chinaman, aged 24 years, reddened from shame; and with another Chinese, when asked why he had not done his work in better style, the whole body was similarly affected. In two Malays11 he saw the face, neck, breast, and arms blushing; and in a third Malay (a Bugis) the blush extended down to the waist."]